Legal Opinion
Allen v. Department of Employment & Training
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 16, 1992No. 91-260PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The Employment Security Board denied plaintiff unemployment benefits because, before quitting her job, she did not give notice to her employer’s business manager or someone in similar authority that she was being sexually ha rassed by her supervisor. Plaintiff appealed. We reverse and remand.
Plaintiff worked at Vermont Academy as a secretary for the housekeeping and maintenance departments. From December 1989 to April 1990, plaintiff alleged, and the Board expressly found, that one of plaintiff’s two supervisors, the head of maintenance, made sexual advances toward her on at least three…
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